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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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